The Health Minister revealed he does his job by doing the opposite to what Micheál Martin did when he was there.

Leo Varadkar told the Fine Gael Ard Fheis in Dublin that if Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil get into Government, there will be no jobs and no money to invest in public services.

He said the job is not yet done, but it will take years more investment to fix the health service.

Minister Varadkar says the promises on health from the opposition are fantasy politics:

USC and Childcare

Minister of State Simon Harris outlined that Fine Gael will scrap the Universal Social Charge.

On childcare, he says Fine Gael wants to support families further.

He also said Fine Gael will announce a 'Working Family Payment Scheme' that will be the biggest shake up of our welfare system that will include a 'better off at work guarantee' and a couple with two children will benefit to the tune of €1500 a year:

The Fianna Fáil attack

Enda Kenny launched another attack on Fianna Fáil's economic record as he dismissed claims that Fine Gael has simply continued Fianna Fail's economic policies.

The Taoiseach said Fine Gael had abandoned the economic plan left behind by the previous government and introduced one that worked instead.

Speaking at his party's Ard Fheis last night he claimed responsibility for sending the Troika home and liquidating the former Anglo Irish Bank, saying Fianna Fáil left behind mass immigration and 300,000 lost jobs.

He also poked fun at former Fianna Fáil ministers who denied that the Troika had come to Ireland:

Labour

Meanwhile, the Finance Minister says Fine Gael will work to ensure that both itself and Labour get enough seats to stay in government.

Michael Noonan is the most senior minister to hint that the coalition parties could work together to maximise their seats in the next Dáil.

Minister Noonan says the party will work with Labour to make sure the two parties together have enough seats to stay in power, suggesting "it was the present Government that initiated the recovery and developed it":